Google heeft een nieuwe bètaversie van Chrome vrijgegeven. De browser is inmiddels bij versienummering 2.0.170 aangekomen, die hier voor Windows XP en Windows Vista gedownload kan worden. Chrome is zodanig gebakken dat elke tab in een eigen proces wordt gedraaid en als desktopapplicatie kan worden gebruikt. Verder is de webbrowser voorzien van een eigen JavaScript-engine. De 2.0-tak kent ten opzichte van de 1.0-serie een aantal nieuwe features. Zo is de browser voorzien van form autocomplete, full-page zoom en het gebruik van profielen. De release notes van Chrome 2.0.170 bèta zien er als volgt uit:
Google Chrome's Dev channel has been updated to 2.0.170.0. Most of the focus this week was on usability and stability fixes, in addition to WebKit and V8 merges.
New
Fixes
- V8 has been updated to version 1.1.1.2, read more in the V8 changelog.
- Autocomplete popup now appears when you press up/down key in a text-field.
- Visited links from normal browsing are no longer being displayed as visited (i.e. purple) in incognito mode.
Known Issues
- Fixed a regression that was preventing Windows taskbar from appearing when it was in auto-hide mode and Chrome was maximized.
- Regression related to session restore has been resolved.
- Fixed issue where horizontal scrolling was reversed for certain types of mice.
- Clicking on the exit full screen link now works.
- Fixes issue where URLs/bookmarks could not be dragged and dropped on to the title bar.
- Fixed issue where plugins would not hide appropriately during in page navigation.
- The complete list of changes is available in the release notes.
- Issue 8892: Browser crash with closing about:network window.
- Issue 8653: CPU pegged, if scrolled on flash
- Issue 8732: Provide a scroll bar for about:network dialog
- Issue 8767: Can create multiple Downloads tabs from Download shelf
- Issue 8220: No more status spinning in Downloads page
- Issue 8637: Unable to drag window when one browser window open with single tab
- Issue 8827: Import browsring history shows today's history only in the history page.
- Issue 8822: Tab crashes with debugger !
- Issue 8821: Inspector is broken, shows empty elements
- Issue 8372: Background paint issues with Task manager/B'Manager in maximized mode
- Issue 8587: Regression: Encoding auto-detect doesn't work any more
- Issue 8517: tabbing should work on a SSL interstitial page